to murray walker in sport, plus, all eyes are on the grand slam for wales. a resounding win in rome leave them nowjust one win away from the title. the weather is a tale of two halves today with the bright start, the rain to follow by this afternoon for many. i will have more details in around 15 minutes. good morning to use. to you. it s sunday the 14th of march. our top story. the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, is facing calls to resign after fierce criticism over how her force handled a vigil in memory of sarah everard. officers were seen handcuffing and leading women away from the event on clapham common, close to where sarah was last seen alive. the met has defended its actions, but the home secretary, priti patel, has asked for a full report. this report from simonjones contains flashing images. police moved in to try to break up an unofficial vigil to mark the life of sarah everard, near to the spot where she was last seen. more than 1000 peopl
was arguably in 1985 when he beat thomas hit man hearns in a fight known as the war . tributes have been paid to hagler across the sport of boxing. former featherweight world champion barry mcguigan tweeted, shocked and deeply saddened to hear of the passing of the incredible marvellous marvin hagler. i m honoured to have spent some amazing times with him. former middleweight champion oscar de la hoya also tweeted, saddened to hear about the death of marvelous marvin hagler. one of the greatest to ever step in the ring. the world of formula 1 is continuing to pay tribute to the voice of the sport. murray walker who as we ve been hearing this morning passed away last night. after more than a0 years in broadcasting, his voice is one of the most recognisable in sport. earlier this morning, there was a fitting tribute ahead of the final two testing sessions at the bahrain international circuit. world champions past and present have been sharing their memories. seven ti
and wilfred zaha becomes the first premier league player not to take a knee, standing tall instead, as palace beat west brom in the premier league good evening welcome to sportsday, great wins for wales and england in the six nations, more on that and the football to come but we start with the news that murray walker the legendary formula one commentator has died at the age of 97. his was a career that spanned over 50 years, leaving him ingrained in the fabric of british motor sport as andy swiss reports: so, it is ready, it is go, go, go! schumacher leads, brilliant start. exuberant, excitable and utterly unmistakable. murray walker was the high octane voice behind a high octane sport. it was once said that even in his quieter moments, he sounded like his trousers were on fire. that s it, bang, bang, and off! his passion came from his father, graham walker, who raced motorcycles and was himself a commentator, often sharing the duties with young murray. the sensation is t
The restrictions are coming from friday and the mayor andy burnham has warned that might mean a winter of real hardship for people but some of real hardship for people but some of the regions conservative mps have accused him of putting his ego before the interests of local people. Were going behind the scenes at one of yours bigger specialist cancer hospitals. We are meeting the staff, the patients and families fighting cancer in these strange days of covid. Special delivery from the royal mail. The company will begin collecting letters and parcels from homes. Itll cost you up to 72p could it costjobs at the post office . Its another fabulous night in paris for Manchester United. Marcus rashford scores a dramatic later winner as they beat Paris Saint Germain in the Champions League. Going in we are going in touchdown for the nasa probe taking samples from an asteroid. Its hoped it could reveal some of the secrets of the solar system. Good morning. Its a fairly cloudy and wet day for m
Its now out. When you have a squad as big as this with that many quality players, you have to get still at the end of the season, get your first 11 right. Mike dean being introduced to the burnley public. Hes familiar with arsenal. This is the 75th time he has officiated. They they lost the last 11 games when he has officiated. When mike dean has been the whistler. Aubameyang kicking off. Much changed arsenal team. Only a couple of at nations for burnley. 250,000 traveling to portis. All of them should be guaranteed a ticket if they can come for burnley. Burnley made it over the finishing line with a couple of games to go. They havent won in the last two. Arsenal likewise have lost four of the last six games in the top flight. Its all about preparation, isnt it now, for arsenal for next season as well. They realize they have to improve, strengthen the squad again to be in contention right at the top. It is a calm atmosphere around here. Some beach balls be i toyed with behind the galoa